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兩（兩）liǎnɡⅠ ? ? （數(shù)目） two: ～ 扇門 two-leaf door; ～ 千人 two thousand people; ～ 萬元 twenty thousand yuan; ～ 億 two hundred million; ～ 個錯誤不等于一個正確。 Two wrongs don't make a right.
? （表示不定的數(shù)目） some; a few: 說 ～ 句 say a few words; 過 ～ 天 for a couple of days; 有 ～ 下子 have some capabilities Ⅱ ? （市兩的通稱） liang, a unit of weight (=50 grams): 2 ～ 茶葉 two liang of tea Ⅲ （雙方） both (sides); either (side): ～ 面 both sides; ～ 頰紅潤 rosy cheeks; 勢不 ～ 立 mutually exclusive; irreconcilable
◆兩敗俱傷 cause destruction to both sides; both being defeated and wounded; Both sides suffer [lose].; Both sides suffered [sustained] great losses (in the fierce battles).; Both sides would be losers in the fight.; 兩半兒 two halves; in half; in two; 兩倍 twofold; double; twice as much; 兩本帳 set two targets, the one obligatory to attain and the other aspired for; 兩邊 both sides; both directions; both places; both parties; both sides; 兩邊倒 lean now to one side, then to the other; lean on both sides; waver; 兩便 be convenient to both; make things easy for both; make things convenient to both; 兩鬢斑白 with greying temples; greying at the temples; 兩鬢蒼蒼 greying at the temples; 兩不誤 neglect neither ... nor; 兩曹[造] [書] both parties; both sides; two aspects; 兩側(cè) two flanks; two [both] sides; ambo; 兩重 double; dual; twofold; 兩次 twice; 兩次三番 again and again; over and over (again); many a time; repeatedly; 兩黨制 two-party system; bipartisan system; 兩抵 balance or cancel each other; 兩地分居 (husband and wife) live in two places (because of job allotment); 兩點論 {哲} the doctrine that everything has two aspects; 兩端 ends; both ends; either end; 兩耳不聞窗外事 not care what is going on outside one's window; be oblivious of the outside world; hold aloft from the affairs of the world reality; not bother about what's happening in the outside world; 兩耳不聞窗外事， 一心只讀圣賢書 busy oneself in the classics and ignore what is going on beyond one's immediate surroundings; Both ears are shut to what goes on outside the window.; 兩個文明 two civilizations, i.e. spiritual civilization and materials civilization; 兩個文明一起抓 build the “two civilizations” simultaneously; 兩回事 two entirely different things; two different matters; 兩極 the two poles of the earth; North and South Poles; {物} the two poles; both positive and negative electrodes; anode and cathode; polarization; division into two opposing extremes; polarize; produce a polarization of; 兩極化 polar state; 兩級法人 two fold legal person; 兩件套 two-piece dress; 兩可 both will do; either will do; It's all right one way or the other; 兩口兒 husband and wife; married couple; 兩口子 [口] husband and wife; couple; 兩肋插刀 help (one's friend) at the lost of one's life; 兩面 two sides; both sides; two aspects; both aspects; dual; double; 兩面光 (try to) please both parties; ingratiate oneself with both sides; try to keep the favour of both sides; run with the hare and hold with the hound; offend neither side; 兩面夾攻 attack from both sides; attack on two [both] sides; be hemmed in; close in from both sides; make a pincer attack; under cross-fire; 兩面派 double-dealer; 兩面三刀 play a double game; be a double-dealer; be double-faced; be two-faced; carry fire in one hand and water in the other; 兩面針 {植} Radix zanthoxyli; 兩難 face a difficult choice; be in a dilemma; 兩旁 both sides; either side; 兩棲 {生} {軍} amphibious; 兩棲作戰(zhàn) amphibious operation; 兩訖 {商} the goods are delivered and the bill is paid; 兩全 be satisfactory to both parties; have regard for both sides; 兩全其美 satisfy both sides [parties]; be complete in both respects;have it both ways; keep the good points of both; satisfy rival claims; settle as a mediator the differences between two parties to the satisfaction of both; suit them both; (make) the best of both (two) worlds; 兩世為人 as if one rises from the dead; barely escape with one's life; be lucky to have escaped death; 兩手 dual tactics; 兩手準備 prepare oneself for both eventualities; have two [many] strings to one's bow; 兩條心 in fundamental disagreement; not of one mind; 兩跳 {乒乓球} double bounce; 兩頭 both ends; either end; both parties; both sides; 兩頭落空 fall (to the ground) between two stools; Between two stools one falls to the ground.; If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.; If you run after two horses, you will catch none.; sit between two stools; 兩下子 a few tricks of the trade; 兩相情愿 Both sides are willing to do the thing.; Both are willing.; Both sides agree.; Both parties are willing — be favourably inclined.; 兩廂 wing-rooms on either side of a one-storey house; both sides; 兩相 {電} two-phase; 兩小無猜 The boy and girl are innocent playmates.; attached to each other, when young; both of them young and innocent; 兩性 both sexes; bisexual; {化} amphiprotic; amphoteric; 兩袖清風 the sleeves swaying with every soft breeze; An honest official remians poor all the time.; an official free from corruption and bribery; 兩樣 different; 兩伊戰(zhàn)爭 the Iran-Iraq war; 兩姨親 cousinship (between children of sisters); 兩翼 {軍} both wings; both flanks; 兩用 dual purpose; 兩用人才 dual-purpose personnel; 兩院制 two-chamber system; bicameral system; bicameralism; 兩造 both parties in a law-suit; both plaintiff and defendant; [方] two crops |